Punnitsemaan

Punnitsemaan is the to-infinitive form of the Finnish verb punnita, meaning to weigh. It is used to refer to the act of weighing and appears in non-finite clauses, often to express purpose, intention, or planned action. The form ends with -maan (or -mään), which marks the to-infinitive in Finnish.

In everyday use, punnitsemaan occurs in contexts where weighing is performed or required. This includes commercial settings (weighing products for pricing or packaging), kitchen or cooking contexts (weighing ingredients), and scientific or laboratory work (weighing samples for experiments). It can also appear in sentences describing future or intended activities, for example after verbs of intention such as aikoa or aikoo, or after verbs of going or proceeding to perform the action, e.g., mennä punnitsemaan.

Grammar notes: punnitsemaan functions as an infinitive clause that can accompany auxiliary verbs or modal expressions, and it can be embedded in larger sentences to indicate an intended action rather than describing a completed weighing. The noun form punnitus, meaning weighing, is related and used when the act of weighing is treated as a concept or event.

Examples:

- Haluaisin punnita tämän tuotteen ennen lähetystä. (I would like to weigh this product before shipping.)

- Aion punnita näytteet huolellisesti. (I intend to weigh the samples carefully.)

- Mennään punnitsemaan kahvinjyvät, ennen kuin ne pakataan. (We are going to weigh the coffee beans before packaging.)

See also: punnita.